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1. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Not reflecting light.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
15. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
16. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
29. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
32. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
33. (used of an anchor) Hanging clear of the bottom.
35. A Hindu prince or king in India.
39. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
40. (informal) Of the highest quality.
43. A local computer network for communication between computers.
44. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
46. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
47. Not divisible by two.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
2. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
20. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A grant made by a law court.
31. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
34. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
35. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
38. Type genus of the Anatidae.
41. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
42. A doctor's degree in education.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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